Re: IPv6 status on Debian for workstations / DHCP networks?

On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 08:43:27PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/07/13 20:14, Andrew Shadura wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 10:12:24 -0700 Philipp Kern <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >>> Is there a way to configure the interfaces file to "just work"
> >>> on any network, without NetworkManager?
> > 
> >> Nope.
> > 
> > Not true.
> > 
> 
> 
> Let me put it another way, I can see various permutations:
> 
> a) If the user has nothing in interfaces, then the IPv6 will just do
> SLAAC by itself anyway.  If it receives an RA with M=1 it won't have
> any dhclient process running and it won't start one and so it has no
> address and no DNS.

If you have NetworkManager running, I think it will take over the
device in that case.  Will NetworkManager do the right thing?


Kurt